You'll Hit Gold More Often

...uncorny, Human Sized Drama

One Reason I Do The Live Shows - And The Monthly Speeches At Public Radio Stations - Is To Remind Myself That People Hear The Show, That It Has An Audience, That It Exists In The World. It's So Easy To Forget That.

Everything Is More Compelling When You Talk Like A Human Being, When You Talk Like Yourself.

I Think Good Radio Often Uses The Techniques Of Fiction: Characters, Scenes, A Big Urgent Emotional Question. And As In The Best Fiction, Tone Counts For A Lot.

...these Stories Are A Kind Of Beacon. By Making Stories Full Of Empathy And Amusement And The Sheer Pleasure Of Discovering The World, These Writers Reassert The Fact That We Live In A World Where Joy And Empathy And Pleasure Are All Around Us, There For The Noticing.